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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection that describes issues related to open educational resources (OER) and massive open online courses. Brand new improvements in online learning technology are enabling students in all parts of the world to take part in courses online. These massive open courses are mostly free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few topics that blended learning organizations are having to deal with in 2015 because online learning technology is improving so quickly. How can educators guarantee that the quality of these massively open online courses is all right? How can learners assure that instructors are properly credentialed to teach online MOOC courses? MOOCs require the instructional design and the technological capacity to process large-scale feedback and interaction in real time. What business models are being used by organizations like Academic Earth to conduct these massively open online courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can organizations manage low student motivation and high learner dropout rates?

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